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Treacher Collins syndrome: from linkage to prenatal testing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Michael J. Dixon*
Affiliation:
School of Biological Sciences and Departments of Dental Medicine and Surgery, University of Manchester, Manchester, U.K.
*
Address for correspondence: Michael J. Dixon, School of Biological Sciences and Departments of Dental Medicine and Surgery, 3.239, Stopford Building, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT. Fax: +44 (0)161 275 5620.

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